The call to make sacrifices for others out of love remains urgent as so many people continue to suffer from war, violence, exclusion and poverty, Pope Francis said.
Make time this Lent to love the excluded, defenseless, despised, pope says
Pope marks anniversary of Russia’s ‘absurd, cruel’ war on Ukraine
A year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis asked, “Can the Lord forgive so many crimes and so much violence? He is the God of peace.”
Photos of the Week: Feb. 6, 2023
In the spotlight: papal trip to Congo and South Sudan, feast of St. Blaise, Cardinal Pell funeral
Nation/World news briefs: Feb. 6, 2023
In focus: prisoners and organ donation, bishops united against abortion, U.S.-born priest appointed to oversee Dicastery for Bishops
‘The future is in your hands,’ pope tells Congolese young people
The pope met Feb. 2 with 65,000 screaming, singing, swaying young people in Kinshasa’s Martyrs’ Stadium, a soccer stadium named to honor four politicians hanged there in 1966 by the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
Pope, in Congo, calls for an ‘amnesty of the heart’ to build peace
In a country where most people are Christian and all are suffering from decades of violence and atrocities, Pope Francis told the Congolese to lay down their weapons and their rancor.
Christian quarter targeted as Jerusalem spirals into weekend of violence
The incident took place as Jerusalem spiraled into a weekend of violence as seven Israelis were killed on Jan. 27 at a synagogue after prayers and another shooting the next day left two Israelis injured just outside of the Old City in the Palestinian village of Silwan.
Machete-wielding attacker kills sacristan, severely injures priest and other faithful in southern Spain
A Moroccan national is under arrest after a horrific attack in several Catholic churches in the southern Spanish city of Algeciras, killing one person.